KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Parliamentary Party of the Nepali Congress held discussions with stakeholders on the issues including the School Education Bill registered in the House of Representatives and agreement signed between the government and teachers.
NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka, General-Secretary Gagan Thapa, Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak, among other lawmakers were present in the meeting held in New Baneshwar.
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Similarly, chiefs and representatives of Nepal Teachers Federation, Private and Boarding Schools' Organisation Nepal, Higher Secondary Schools' Association Nepal, National Private and Boarding Schools' Organisation Nepal, and Community School Management Committee Federation of Nepal were also present in the discussion.
On the occasion, NC Chief Whip Lekhak expressed commitment that the NC would play a role in revising the School Education Bill on the basis of suggestions from the stakeholders.
The Nepal Teachers' Federation had launched a protest in Kathmandu from September 20-22 and the Federation withdrew its protest after signing a six-point deal with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. However, relief quota teachers are still in protest saying that their demands have not been addressed. The School Education Bill was registered in the House of Representatives on September 13.
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